Linden Grove's Korean War Memorial to be dedicated

10:22 PM,
Jul. 25, 2013

Oakley Farris, of Covington, with a photo of his brother, Clofus, who was killed in the Korean War.

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This Saturday, on the 60th anniversary of the Korean Armistice that put an end to the Korean War, a memorial paying tribute to fallen Korean War veterans will be unveiled at Linden Grove Cemetery.

The dedication of the bronze statue that will be the centerpiece of a Veterans Memorial Plaza will be at 10 a.m. at Covington's historic cemetery at 1421 Holman St.

Covington philanthropists Oakley and Eva Farris are donating the statue of Clofus Farris, Oakley's brother, who was killed in the Korean War. For his heroics before his death on July 17, 1953, Clofus ...